# NCIS: Los Angeles season 10

The tenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from September 30, 2018, through May 19, 2019. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios, with R. Scott Gemmill as showrunner and executive producer.
The season featured the return of David James Elliot and Catherine Bell as Harmon Rabb and Sarah MacKenzie from JAG; it also revealed the outcome of the JAG series finale in 2005. This was also the last season to feature Nia Long as Shay Mosley.
For the 2018–19 U.S. television season, the tenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles ranked #28 with an average of 9.85 million viewers.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Chris O'Donnell as Grisha "G." Callen, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent
* Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, NCIS Junior Field Agent
* Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks, LAPD/NCIS Liaison Detective
* Barrett Foa as Eric Beale, NCIS Technical Operator
* Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones, NCIS Special Agent and Intelligence Analyst
* Nia Long as Shay Mosley, NCIS Executive Assistant Director for Pacific Operations (EADPAC) (episodes 1–6)
* Linda Hunt as Henrietta Lange, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) and Operations Manager
* LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, NCIS Senior Field Agent, Second in Command

### Recurring

* Esai Morales as Louis Occhoa, NCIS Deputy Director
* Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck
* Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck, an ATF agent, Arkady's daughter and Callen's girlfriend.
* Elizabeth Bogush as Joelle Taylor, CIA agent
* Gerald McRaney as Hollace Kilbride, retired Navy admiral
* Erik Palladino as CIA Officer Vostanik Sabatino
* Marsha Thomason as Nicole Dechamps, NCIS Special Agent, former Secret Service special agent
* Peter Jacobson as John Rogers, special prosecutor
* Max Martini as Arlo Turk
* Karina Logue as LAPD Detective Ellen Whiting
* Paulina Olszynski as Tiffany Williams
* Pamela Reed as Roberta Deeks
* Douglas Weston as Alex Elmslie
* Laura Harring as Julia Feldman
* Medalion Rahimi as NCIS Special Agent Fatima Namazi
* Ravil Isyanov as Anatoli Kirkin
* Mercedes Mason as Talia Del Campo
* Daniel J. Travanti as Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov / Garrison, Callen's father

### Guest

* Bill Goldberg as Lance Hamilton, DOJ Agent
* TJ Ramini as Tobin Shaked
* Shane McMahon as Steve Evans, Army CID Special Agent
* Alyssa Diaz as Jasmine Garcia
* Gil Birmingham as Navy Captain Steven Douglas
* Don Wallace as Navy Seal Senior Chief Frank Wallace
* Drew Waters as Brian Bush, FBI Agent
* Dina Meyer as Veronica Stephens
* Eve Harlow as Kate Miller/Katya

### Special Guest Stars

* David James Elliot as Harmon Rabb
* Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 217 | 1 | "To Live and Die in Mexico" | Frank Military | Frank Military | September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30) | 1001 | 8.75 |
| With their vehicle hit by a rocket launcher, the badly-injured team must find their way to safety while evading cartel forces that want them dead. Meanwhile, the fate of Agent Hidoko is learned. ||||||||
| 218 | 2 | "Superhuman" | Dennis Smith | Kyle Harimoto | October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) | 1002 | 7.54 |
| While Callen remains on medical leave following the Mexico mission (and Hetty and Mosley facing the consequences), the rest of the team searches for a bank robber armed with a prototype Navy armored suit. ||||||||
| 219 | 3 | "The Prince" | Lily Mariye | Andrew Bartels | October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14) | 1003 | 7.63 |
| The team supplements the protection of a Saudi prince after a convoy with his decoy is attacked, but things get complicated when the attempted assassin is revealed to be Joelle Taylor. ||||||||
| 220 | 4 | "Hit List" | Eric A. Pot | R. Scott Gemmill | October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21) | 1005 | 8.35 |
| The team discovers they have become targets of the cartel, along with Mosley and her son; Mosley faces a prosecutor digging into the unsanctioned Mexico op. ||||||||
| 221 | 5 | "Pro Se" | Benny Boom | Jordana Lewis Jaffe | October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28) | 1004 | 7.19 |
| After an NCIS informant is arrested on bogus charges, the team works to get the case dropped while working the case their informant had been helping with. ||||||||
| 222 | 6 | "Asesinos" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04) | 1006 | 7.04 |
| The team gets called in when Mosley becomes a person of interest in the murder of a cartel hitman, and they must track her down before she crosses the line - and without the special prosecutor knowing. ||||||||
| 223 | 7 | "One of Us" | Dennis Smith | Kyle Harimoto | November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11) | 1007 | 6.85 |
| The team investigates a murder that turns out to be the result of a professional hitman with a vendetta; Anna awaits her sentencing for the murder of Sokolov. ||||||||
| 224 | 8 | "The Patton Project" | Ruba Nadda | Frank Military | November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18) | 1008 | 7.22 |
| Deputy Director Ochoa volunteers the NCIS team to assist with a covert operation tied to a terrorist group advocating for extreme military force. ||||||||
| 225 | 9 | "A Diamond in the Rough" | James Hanlon | Chad Mazero | November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25) | 1009 | 7.20 |
| While investigating a robbery and shooting at a Navy captain's dinner with a Pakistani general, the team faces a political scandal when the general is discovered to have sensitive information on terrorist camps; Kensi and Deeks look for someone to run their bar. ||||||||
| 226 | 10 | "Heist" | Yangzom Brauen | Jordana Lewis Jaffe | December 9, 2018 (2018-12-09) | 1010 | 7.50 |
| Following a bank heist resulting in the theft of a Navy contractor's safety deposit box, the team investigates the contractor to see just what was worth stealing - all while dealing with Special Prosecutor Rogers watching over them. ||||||||
| 227 | 11 | "Joyride" | Tawnia McKiernan | Erin Broadhurst | December 16, 2018 (2018-12-16) | 1011 | 7.21 |
| The team searches for a Marine reservist with a history of PTSD who disappears after a drunk and disorderly altercation. ||||||||
| 228 | 12 | "The Sound of Silence" | Terence Nightingall | Joe Sachs | January 6, 2019 (2019-01-06) | 1012 | 7.59 |
| The team investigates a possible terror threat after the chief of logistics for a naval weapons station collapses on the job. Deeks and Kensi research different honeymoon locations. ||||||||
| 229 | 13 | "Better Angels" | Diana C. Valentine | Frank Military | January 13, 2019 (2019-01-13) | 1013 | 8.31 |
| After a witness with information regarding the use of chemical weapons in Syria is hit with a car, the team must work with Turk and the Global Tribunal to find the USB drive containing vital evidence while Kensi stays with the man as he faces death from his wounds. ||||||||
| 230 | 14 | "Smokescreen" | Dennis Smith | Andrew Bartels | January 27, 2019 (2019-01-27) | 1014 | 6.75 |
| The team partners with the FBI to locate a terrorist cell in Los Angeles believed to be prepping for an imminent attack. ||||||||
| 231 | 15 | "Smokescreen, Part II" | Sherwin Shilati | Matt Klafter & Kyle Harimoto | February 17, 2019 (2019-02-17) | 1015 | 6.74 |
| Following a terrorist attack at a theater, the team's search for those responsible leads them to uncover the attack was merely a false flag operation. ||||||||
| 232 | 16 | "Into the Breach" | James Hanlon | Lee A. Carlisle | March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03) | 1016 | 6.97 |
| The team's latest investigation leads them to uncover a story about a botched military op; Deeks' bar gets a health inspection. ||||||||
| 233 | 17 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill | March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17) | 1017 | 8.47 |
| The team prepare to celebrate the long awaited wedding day of Kensi and Deeks, but encounter problems in the unexpected arrival of Anatoli Kirkin. The mysterious contents of the Box is revealed, Hetty returns and Kensi and Deeks finally get married. ||||||||
| 234 | 18 | "Born To Run" | Lily Mariye | Jordana Lewis Jaffe | March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24) | 1018 | 7.16 |
| Sydney drags Nell along when a high school classmate of theirs is targeted by unknown assassins while the rest of the team believes he is the prime suspect in the murder of a Naval officer guarding a top-secret project. ||||||||
| 235 | 19 | "Searching" | Terrence O'Hara | Adam George Key & Kyle Harimoto | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) | 1019 | 7.50 |
| Deeks, Kensi, Eric, Callen, and Nell have a day off to do their own thing. Deeks and Kensi prepare the bar for a fundraiser while Callen recovers from a gunshot wound and bonds with his sister Alex's son. Eric and Nell make plans to go to San Francisco for Eric's job interview. It is revealed that Nell's mom has heart disease and her entire family is looking to move to San Francisco for a new treatment. Sam teams up with DOJ Agent Hamilton and Fatima to chase down a Texas drug lord who supposedly abducted the family of the federal agent who killed his son. ||||||||
| 236 | 20 | "Choke Point" | James Whitmore Jr. | Joe Sachs & R. Scott Gemmill | April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14) | 1020 | 6.79 |
| After a Navy Seal who worked as a security guard at a marijuana dispensary is attacked, the team's investigation leads them to a potential mass shooting. ||||||||
| 237 | 21 | "The One That Got Away" | Eric A. Pot | Andrew Bartels & Erin Broadhurst | April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28) | 1021 | 5.66 |
| Anna and her cellmate escape from prison, leading OSP to assist in locating them to avoid a potential bloodbath. ||||||||
| 238 | 22 | "No More Secrets" | Yangzom Brauen | Andrew Bartels & Erin Broadhurst | May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05) | 1022 | 4.95 |
| The NCIS team travels to Cuba for an unsanctioned mission after Callen gets a lead on Anna Kolcheck's whereabouts. ||||||||
| 239 | 23 | "The Guardian" | John Peter Kousakis | R. Scott Gemmill | May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12) | 1023 | 5.98 |
| Callen and Sam travel to the USS Allegiance in the Persian Gulf to work with Navy Captain Harmon Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) when the team uncovers a terror threat on military locations. ||||||||
| 240 | 24 | "False Flag" | Dennis Smith | Frank Military | May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19) | 1024 | 5.28 |
| Callen, Hanna, and Rabb detain several terror suspects onboard the Allegiance but are simultaneously forced to deal with Iranian forces amassing on the Iraqi border; Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell) helps the rest of the team untangle a complicated spy web involving a crooked Russian diplomat, Chechen terrorists, and an increasingly meddlesome ISIS; Eric is conflicted between being there for Nell and her mother in the hospital and scrambling to neutralize the terror threat and prevent World War III. ||||||||

## Production
### Development

NCIS: Los Angeles was renewed for a 24-episode tenth season on April 18, 2018.

### Casting

Linda Hunt took time off from this season while recovering from a car accident.

## Broadcast

Season ten of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on September 30, 2018.

## Reception
### Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of NCIS: Los Angeles season 10 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "To Live and Die in Mexico" | September 30, 2018 | 1.1/4 | 8.75 | 0.7 | 2.70 | 1.5 | 11.46 |
| 2 | "Superhuman" | October 7, 2018 | 0.8/3 | 7.54 | 0.6 | 2.76 | 1.4 | 10.31 |
| 3 | "The Prince" | October 14, 2018 | 1.0/5 | 7.63 | — | 2.65 | — | 10.29 |
| 4 | "Hit List" | October 21, 2018 | 1.1/5 | 8.35 | — | 2.68 | — | 11.04 |
| 5 | "Pro Se" | October 28, 2018 | 0.8/3 | 7.19 | 0.5 | 2.54 | 1.3 | 9.73 |
| 6 | "Asesinos" | November 4, 2018 | 0.7/3 | 7.04 | 0.5 | 2.88 | 1.3 | 9.93 |
| 7 | "One of Us" | November 11, 2018 | 0.8/3 | 6.85 | 0.6 | 2.82 | 1.4 | 9.68 |
| 8 | "The Patton Project" | November 18, 2018 | 0.8/3 | 7.22 | 0.5 | 2.61 | 1.3 | 9.84 |
| 9 | "A Diamond in the Rough" | November 25, 2018 | 0.9/4 | 7.20 | 0.7 | 2.94 | 1.4 | 10.15 |
| 10 | "Heist" | December 9, 2018 | 0.9/4 | 7.50 | 0.5 | 2.75 | 1.3 | 10.25 |
| 11 | "Joyride" | December 16, 2018 | 0.9/4 | 7.21 | 0.7 | 2.75 | 1.3 | 9.97 |
| 12 | "The Sound of Silence" | January 6, 2019 | 0.9/4 | 7.59 | 0.5 | 2.87 | 1.4 | 10.46 |
| 13 | "Better Angels" | January 13, 2019 | 0.9/4 | 8.31 | 0.4 | 2.54 | 1 4 | 10.85 |
| 14 | "Smokescreen" | January 27, 2019 | 0.8/3 | 6.75 | 0.5 | 2.76 | 1.3 | 9.51 |
| 15 | "Smokescreen, Part II" | February 17, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 6.74 | 0.5 | 2.74 | 1.2 | 9.49 |
| 16 | "Into the Breach" | March 3, 2019 | 0.9/4 | 6.97 | 0.5 | 2.83 | 1.4 | 9.81 |
| 17 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | March 17, 2019 | 0.9/4 | 8.47 | 0.5 | 2.99 | 1.4 | 11.46 |
| 18 | "Born To Run" | March 24, 2019 | 0.9/4 | 7.16 | 0.4 | 2.40 | 1.2 | 9.57 |
| 19 | "Searching" | March 31, 2019 | 1.0/4 | 7.50 | 0.3 | 2.36 | 1.3 | 9.86 |
| 20 | "Choke Point" | April 14, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 6.79 | 0.4 | 2.64 | 1.1 | 9.44 |
| 21 | "The One That Got Away" | April 28, 2019 | 0.6/3 | 5.66 | 0.4 | 2.93 | 1.0 | 8.60 |
| 22 | "No More Secrets" | May 5, 2019 | 0.5/3 | 4.95 | 0.4 | 2.59 | 0.9 | 7.54 |
| 23 | "The Guardian" | May 12, 2019 | 0.6/3 | 5.98 | 0.5 | 2.85 | 1.1 | 8.83 |
| 24 | "False Flag" | May 19, 2019 | 0.5/2 | 5.28 | 0.5 | 2.99 | 1.0 | 8.27 |

## Home media

NCIS: Los Angeles: The Tenth Season :
| Set details | Set details | Special features | Special features | Special features | Special features |
| 24 episodes 6 discs Media Format: NTSC, Subtitled Run time: 16 hours and 52 minutes | 24 episodes 6 discs Media Format: NTSC, Subtitled Run time: 16 hours and 52 minutes | | | | |
| DVD release dates ||||||
| Region 1 | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Region 4 |
| August 27, 2019 | August 27, 2019 | UK: 23 September 2019 EU: TBA | UK: 23 September 2019 EU: TBA | August 28, 2019 | August 28, 2019 |